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In this teleseminar we explore the question of consciousness with Dr Stuart Hameroff of the University of Arizona, whose approach to consciousness research looks at bringing modern physics into the workings of the brain. His work with anesthetics led him to discover that cellular structures called microtubules, present in neurons as well as most cells, show some interesting patterns of behavior.

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For the author of The Translucent Revolution, the question of how we create a new world boils down to one shift: wake up! At the root of all the societal ills and dangers we experience lies a fundamental feeling of separation that fuels hatred, greed, overconsumption, destruction, and war. Instead of remaining in this dream, if we drop the filter of separation by investigating our true nature, we discover ...

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Deepak argues that consciousness is the phenomenon, and all else is the epiphenomenon. Just as our DNA differentiates skin, bone, and organs, our consciousness differentiates perceptions, cognition, moods, behavior, biology, social interaction, personal relations, the environment, and forces of nature.

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In this interview, Michael turns the spotlight on the root assumptions of scarcity and fear that underpin war, sustainability, and other collective crises. He shares his insights into community building, leadership and spiritual living through connecting to a larger source of intelligence, abundance, and healing.

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In this interview, quantum physicist and former Presidential candidate John Hagelin explains the difference between intention and consciousness, which opens the door on a fascinating discussion of how spending time in deep meditation in the “nuclear” level of thought can multiply the efficacy of intentions.

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Biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake discusses intention as it relates to all living organisms in this discussion with IONS' Senior Scientist Dean Radin. Rupert's morphogenesis theory implies that intention is not a unique trait of human consciousness, but an essential part of the nature of life in all biological systems.

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What happens when we die? Dianne Arcangel, a former hospice chaplain and author of Afterlife Encounters, has assembled the world’s largest database of over 10,000 case studies involving contact with “the other side." In this teleseminar with scientist Dean Radin, they explore the implications of this data, the relationship between seeing apparitions and personality types, and alternative explanations such as super-psi.

The human capacity for lifelong well-being was well known to wise women and men throughout time and across diverse cultures. The ancient Greeks called it eudaimonia—human flourishing, the flourishing of our deepest nature.

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The topic of consciousness is as vast as the cosmos and as close to us as sleep. Noetics is the discipline that is arising from this confluence of outer- and inner-space research. It is the ultimate frontier in man’s attempt to understand the nature of the universe and himself.

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It’s true that almost anywhere you go there is a film festival of some kind, but be thankful – they have taken the place of “big cinema” as venues for quality movies that may never see the dark of a Cineplex. This is especially true for movies without the enviable budgets of their studio counterparts or whose uplifting messages or controversial subject matter get passed over for the lucre of lowest-common-denominator filmmaking.

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The keys that open the door to contemplation are mindfulness and a peaceful heart. With these qualities we can liberate ourselves from the biosocial conditioning of our lower self and transcend that self in the vertical dimension of experience.